Coping with Chronic Health Conditions: Tips

Coping with Chronic Health Conditions: Tips

  • Your Desk Job Is The Reason You're Getting Hurt At The Gym

    If you're lifting weights at the gym to try and get stronger and leaner, you're on the right track. Resistance training is incredibly beneficial to the body, but it can also take a toll on your muscles and joints-- especially your feet, ankles, knees, and back. You might not think that these injuries come from your desk job, but you will be surprised to learn that the time you spend sitting at your desk has a huge impact on your performance at the gym Take the following steps to keep yourself on the path to better fitness, instead of becoming side tracked by an unexpected injury.

  • 3 Surprising Tips For Migraine Sufferers

    There's nothing like a migraine headache to disrupt your life. Characterized by intense pain, visual disturbances, and even nausea and vomiting, a migraine can put you down for the count for the day, or even for several days at a time. What's worse is that once a migraine starts, there is little that can be done to stop it, and there isn't any one method of preventing a migraine that universally works for every migraine sufferer.

  • Headed To Rehab? 2 Things To Expect The First Day

    If you have a longstanding history of abusing drugs or alcohol, it can be outright terrifying to head to a rehabilitation center to address your problem. In addition to taking a hiatus from work and explaining your situation to friends and family members, you might also be nervous about starting treatment. Here are two things to expect your first day, so that you can relax and go with the flow:

  • How Short-Term Rehabilitation Is Essential For A Stroke Patient's Full, Rapid Recovery

    Strokes affect approximately 700,000 Americans each year. Sadly, about a third of these victims die, and the surviving two-thirds are significantly affected by strokes to one degree or another. The good news is stroke survivors can recover much of their lost physical and mental functions if they receive prompt intensive care and support. Short term rehabilitation facilities specialize in this kind of help and can rapidly turn around a stroke victim's prognosis.

  • Suffering From A TBI? How Can A Home-Based Occupational Therapist Help?

    If you're in the process of recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), you may be wondering whether you can ever fully return to a normal life. So many of the things you've taken for granted -- eating, dressing, even reading the label on a box of cereal -- may seem much more difficult now. However, there is still hope. Read on to learn more about how a home-based occupational therapist may be able to help you regain a normal life, as well as the skills to financially support yourself.

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Coping with Chronic Health Conditions: Tips

Ever since I was a young girl, I have had bad asthma and allergies. I had to stay in the hospital several times when I was in elementary school just to help get my asthma under control and it seemed like I was trying medication after medication with little success. I don't remember all of my childhood health details, since I was so young, but my mother has "filled in the blanks" for me. Thanks to modern medicine and a natural remedy, my health conditions are currently under control and have been for a few years now. I am very grateful for my good health, and I want to "pay it back" to others by creating a blog where I will post my health tips. I hope I can help you learn how to achieve good health!

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